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Manchester University students first asked the university authorities to sell shares in companies with South African interests in October 1972. In response to a student campaign, the University Council agreed to press companies in which it held shares to pay higher wages. This was rejected by the student union and students occupied the Council Chamber. They argued that all investment in South Africa supported apartheid and the university must disinvest. This newsletter urged students to attend a union general meeting to discuss the next step in the campaign.